Studiocanal has come on board “Bac Nord” from Cedric Jimenez (“The Man With the Iron Heart”), a French crime thriller with Gilles Lellouche set in the dangerous northern neighborhoods of Marseille.
The movie reteams Studiocanal with Hugo Sélignac and Vincent Mazel at Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, the Paris-based company behind the Cesar-nominated “Sink or Swim,” one of France’s highest-grossing local movies in 2018, and “In Safe Hands,” both of which were handled by Studiocanal.
“‘Bac Nord’ marks our fifth collaboration with Hugo Selignac, a talented and ambitious French producer,” said Nicolas Dumont, Studiocanal’s exec VP of French production, theatrical distribution and home entertainment. Dumont cited Lellouche’s “Sink or Swim,” Jeanne Herry’s “In Safe Hands,” Francois Damiens’s “Mon Ket” and Romain Gavras’ “The World Is Yours.”
Studiocanal is co-producing the film with France 2 Cinéma and has acquired all rights, including the international sales.
“Bac Nord” will follow a police...
The movie reteams Studiocanal with Hugo Sélignac and Vincent Mazel at Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, the Paris-based company behind the Cesar-nominated “Sink or Swim,” one of France’s highest-grossing local movies in 2018, and “In Safe Hands,” both of which were handled by Studiocanal.
“‘Bac Nord’ marks our fifth collaboration with Hugo Selignac, a talented and ambitious French producer,” said Nicolas Dumont, Studiocanal’s exec VP of French production, theatrical distribution and home entertainment. Dumont cited Lellouche’s “Sink or Swim,” Jeanne Herry’s “In Safe Hands,” Francois Damiens’s “Mon Ket” and Romain Gavras’ “The World Is Yours.”
Studiocanal is co-producing the film with France 2 Cinéma and has acquired all rights, including the international sales.
“Bac Nord” will follow a police...
- 6/21/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius is set to adapt Jean-Claude Grumberg’s bestselling tale “La plus precious des marchandises” into an animated feature film. The Dardenne brothers are co-producing the film with Studiocanal, which will handle all rights, including international sales.
The tale, set during World War II against the backdrop of the Holocaust, is produced by Patrick Sobelman and Robert Guédiguian at France’s Ex Nihilo, and Florence Gastaud, Riad Sattouf and Hazanavicius at Les Compagnons de Cinéma. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are co-producing via their banner Les Films du Fleuve. Valérie Schermann’s company, Prima Linéa, whose track record includes the award-winning “The Red Turtle,” will be handling the animation.
The story intertwines the fates of a Jewish family, including newborn twins, who are arrested in Paris and deported to Auschwitz, and a poor and childless woodcutter couple living in the depths of a Polish forest. While on a train to the death camp,...
The tale, set during World War II against the backdrop of the Holocaust, is produced by Patrick Sobelman and Robert Guédiguian at France’s Ex Nihilo, and Florence Gastaud, Riad Sattouf and Hazanavicius at Les Compagnons de Cinéma. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are co-producing via their banner Les Films du Fleuve. Valérie Schermann’s company, Prima Linéa, whose track record includes the award-winning “The Red Turtle,” will be handling the animation.
The story intertwines the fates of a Jewish family, including newborn twins, who are arrested in Paris and deported to Auschwitz, and a poor and childless woodcutter couple living in the depths of a Polish forest. While on a train to the death camp,...
- 6/6/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Leading French pay-tv group Canal Plus has renewed its contract with French film guilds to invest up to €180 million ($205 million) per year in local and European movies from 2019 to 2023.
The Vivendi-owned French paybox agreed to invest whichever is the greater of two amounts: 12.5% of annual revenue, or between €2.38 ($2.70) and €3.61 ($4.10) per subscriber (depending on the subscriber package). The maximum investment will be capped at $205 million per year – the first time a cap has been put in place.
Although the amount of Canal Plus’ investment has fallen over the past few years – from €211 million in 2013 to an all-time low of €142 million ($240.4 million) last year – because of declining revenues, it’s still one of the biggest commitments of any European broadcaster to funding local movies.
In addition, Studiocanal, the film and TV division of Canal Plus, will now be allowed to produce, in house, four feature films per year. Nicolas Dumont and...
The Vivendi-owned French paybox agreed to invest whichever is the greater of two amounts: 12.5% of annual revenue, or between €2.38 ($2.70) and €3.61 ($4.10) per subscriber (depending on the subscriber package). The maximum investment will be capped at $205 million per year – the first time a cap has been put in place.
Although the amount of Canal Plus’ investment has fallen over the past few years – from €211 million in 2013 to an all-time low of €142 million ($240.4 million) last year – because of declining revenues, it’s still one of the biggest commitments of any European broadcaster to funding local movies.
In addition, Studiocanal, the film and TV division of Canal Plus, will now be allowed to produce, in house, four feature films per year. Nicolas Dumont and...
- 11/8/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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